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| I have a new home in south east michigan. My landscaper recomended a clevland pear tree for my front blvd, and A crimson king maple to add coller close to my home. I didn't research these trees prior too, and that i my fault. I came to this sight to see how to care for he trees and realize they are both bad trees in bad spots. However I do like the look of both trees. Can anyone make a recomendation for trees to replace these two trees? Any help would really be appreciated, I am new to this. |
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| For the colored maple, a good replacement would be fagus sylvatica 'purpurea'. For the pear, just about any crabapple would fit the bill for a good replacement John |
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| Copper beech produces a towering tree in time. And if something kills it, it is very quick to fall apart afterward. Do you have a suitable situation? Crabs vary in disease resistance and other attributes, like crown size and shape, fruiting effect etc. I wouldn't plant "just about any" kind but would instead choose carefully. |
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- Posted by strobiculate none (My Page) on Sat, May 19, 12 at 7:27
| each choice carries a specific set of pluses and minuses. no matter how great the possible selection, there is always a downside...even if as obscure as a possiblity of a tree dying of an unnamed disease in the indeterminate future...a fate we all share. every time.somone knocks the red leaved maples i feel like proposing the noble native tree, the silver maple. each potential problem of the red.is trumped by the silver...but that's not the same as.saying that location of origination (prior to a defined date) makes for a better tree is it. you don't by any chance have an arboretum or a college campus some place close? they can be good places to see what other choices exist and what they look like in a "real" setting. there are always alternatives. i can suggest something i feel is of great merit. some people don't like the mess a.magnolia makes when the petals fall and some people find the aroma of flowering pear overwhelming. some are inoxicated by fast growth and some become entranced.by the leaf color of the red leaved trees. or yellow. or variegated. some like the vertical appeal of columnar trees.and some.find it an offense to the natural order. the point is...the world is a.vast place. find what you like. and tell the rest of us to bugger off. |
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| Aside from the potential to be invasive or affect someone else's property, well said strobiculate! |
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| I once had a pruning customer talk about cutting down the ~mature Kobus magnolia her house was partly built around because she didn't like the fallen spent tepals ("petals") everywhere. She was recently widowed, maybe the old man was the one who liked the tree. Parking lot Norway maples here are already oily looking due to aphid drip. And the species has invaded some local parks, even though we have an annual extended summer drought. |
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